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	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by Sisantha Godawela-Ohle :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Hello FreeBSD Gurus, i am using FreeBSD for a quite few years and now getting problems with installation of applications as the "/" partition gets FULL! Installations are like in this manner:- " / (5GB) swap (4GB) /var (moer than 20GB) /tmp ( 1GB) /usr" (moer than 20GB) Now mz qestion is, why is it the "/ " Partion gets always filled with all stuff although there is plenty of space in "/usr" partion as well as "/var" ? And how get rid of this menace and amed it? Regards, Sisantha > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: <freebsd-chat-request@...> > Gesendet: 23.09.09 14:00:56 > An: freebsd-chat@... > Betreff: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > Send freebsd-chat mailing list submissions to > freebsd-chat@... > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-chat-request@... > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-chat-owner@... > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-chat digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: tmux(1) in base (Nick Hibma) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:40:39 +0200 > From: Nick Hibma <nick@...> > Subject: Re: tmux(1) in base > To: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@...> > Cc: Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...>, Alfred Perlstein > <alfred@...> > Message-ID: <C3ECE913-8D91-4BC2-85EE-6FF2EEAAD6F8@...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > > * Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...> [090922 14:47] wrote: > >> Nick Hibma <nick@...> writes: > >>> Our package system is a tremendous asset, and wholeheartedly agree > >>> with Doug on this. So my vote is now a -1. Not that anyone cares. > >> > >> Having seen how it turned out, I'd like to vote -50,000,000 on this > >> whole discussion... > > > > Surely we're not done until someone suggests replacing /bin/sh > > with bash, amirite? > > In loader?! Yeah! Great idea. No need to load the base system which > would save enormous amounts of bootup time. Everything that is needed > could be loaded as a lib! > > And he scuttled off to create SillyFly BSD... > > Nick > > P.S.: I have never looked at DragonFly BSD, so I have no idea > whatsoever what it is or does, apart from the fact that I think that > it is a BSD like OS ... It runs on a > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@... mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." > > End of freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > ******************************************** > ________________________________________________________________ Neu: WEB.DE Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + Telefon-Flatrate für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://produkte.web.de/go/02/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."
	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by Patsy-5 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message how much of the space in "/" is taken up by the "/home" directory? (the "du" command should be able to help with this). It's quite common to create a seperate /home partition to avoid ordinary users being able to fill up the "/" partition. Patsy On 23 September 2009 at 15:55 Sisantha Godawela-Ohle <ekerberos@...> wrote: > Hello FreeBSD Gurus, > > i am using FreeBSD for a quite few years and now getting > problems with installation of applications as the "/" > partition gets FULL! > Installations are like in this manner:- > " / (5GB) > swap (4GB) > /var (moer than 20GB) > /tmp ( 1GB) > /usr" (moer than 20GB) > Now mz qestion is, why is it the "/ " Partion gets always >filled with all stuff although there is plenty of space in >"/usr" > partion as well as "/var" ? > > And how get rid of this menace and amed it? > > Regards, > > Sisantha > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: <freebsd-chat-request@...> > > Gesendet: 23.09.09 14:00:56 > > An: freebsd-chat@... > > Betreff: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > > > > Send freebsd-chat mailing list submissions to > > freebsd-chat@... > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' > > to > > freebsd-chat-request@... > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > freebsd-chat-owner@... > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > > specific > > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-chat digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: tmux(1) in base (Nick Hibma) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------ > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:40:39 +0200 > > From: Nick Hibma <nick@...> > > Subject: Re: tmux(1) in base > > To: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@...> > > Cc: Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...>, Alfred Perlstein > > <alfred@...> > > Message-ID: > > <C3ECE913-8D91-4BC2-85EE-6FF2EEAAD6F8@...> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; > > delsp=yes > > > > > * Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...> [090922 14:47] > > > wrote: > > >> Nick Hibma <nick@...> writes: > > >>> Our package system is a tremendous asset, and > > >>> wholeheartedly agree > > >>> with Doug on this. So my vote is now a -1. Not that > > >>> anyone cares. > > >> > > >> Having seen how it turned out, I'd like to vote > > >> -50,000,000 on this > > >> whole discussion... > > > > > > Surely we're not done until someone suggests replacing > > > /bin/sh > > > with bash, amirite? > > > > In loader?! Yeah! Great idea. No need to load the base > > system which > > would save enormous amounts of bootup time. Everything > > that is needed > > could be loaded as a lib! > > > > And he scuttled off to create SillyFly BSD... > > > > Nick > > > > P.S.: I have never looked at DragonFly BSD, so I have no > > idea > > whatsoever what it is or does, apart from the fact that I > > think that > > it is a BSD like OS ... It runs on a > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-chat@... mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." > > > > End of freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > > ******************************************** > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > ____ > Neu: WEB.DE Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + > Telefon-Flatrate > für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://produkte.web.de/go/02/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@... mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."
	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by Kevin Wilcox-3 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message 2009/9/23 Patsy <patsy@...>: > how much of the space in "/" is taken up by the "/home" > directory? (the "du" command should be able to help with > this). It's quite common to create a seperate /home partition > to avoid ordinary users being able to fill up the "/" > partition. Indeed. I'm also particularly curious as to what method is being used for software installation, i.e., FreeBSD packages, the ports system or manual compile from source? kmw -- Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labour and live on. -- Thomas Jefferson, 1785 _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."
	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by Patsy-5 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message > i did "du" but i can't get it how much the /home partion > gets ! I'm uning many FreeBSD, OpenBSD servers(19"-1U) at > the moment without any other users namely myself & as root. "du -sh /*" will tell you which directories in "/" are taking up the most space. Then you can look into those directories to find out where the files are. > Do i need to make "/" partn read only in order to avoid get > filling it or is there any other correct solution for it? I wouldn't make it read-only: something needs to write the data there and it will sulk if it can't. What are the servers being used for? Patsy > here is from two of my server infos for your info: > FreeBSD V 7.2 (New Installation with less HD capacity) > > $ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ipsd0s1a 496M 388M 68M 85% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > /dev/ipsd0s1e 989M 54M 856M 6% /tmp > /dev/ipsd0s1f 16G 6.7G 8.2G 45% /usr > /dev/ipsd0s1d 11G 545M 9.9G 5% /var > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% > /var/named/dev > > > another server with same file system OpenBSD! has the same > Problem! (i think it does not matter whether Open or > Free-BSD here) > OpenBSD V. 4.5 > $ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/sd0a 4.9G 4.7G 8.0K 100% / > /dev/sd0e 1008M 10.0K 958M 0% /tmp > /dev/sd0f 31.7G 9.8G 20.3G 33% /usr > /dev/sd0d 23.6G 266M 22.2G 1% /var > > I went through a lot of Docs, but no successful answers. > > rgds, > > sisantha > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: "Patsy" <patsy@...> > > Gesendet: 23.09.09 16:56:52 > > An: Sisantha Godawela-Ohle <ekerberos@...> > > CC: freebsd-chat@... > > Betreff: Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > > > > how much of the space in "/" is taken up by the "/home" > > directory? (the "du" command should be able to help with > > this). It's quite common to create a seperate /home > > partition > > to avoid ordinary users being able to fill up the "/" > > partition. > > > > Patsy > > > > On 23 September 2009 at 15:55 Sisantha Godawela-Ohle > > <ekerberos@...> wrote: > > > > > Hello FreeBSD Gurus, > > > > > > i am using FreeBSD for a quite few years and now getting > > > problems with installation of applications as the "/" > > > partition gets FULL! > > > Installations are like in this manner:- > > > " / (5GB) > > > swap (4GB) > > > /var (moer than 20GB) > > > /tmp ( 1GB) > > > /usr" (moer than 20GB) > > > Now mz qestion is, why is it the "/ " Partion gets > > >always > > >filled with all stuff although there is plenty of space > > >in > > >"/usr" > > > partion as well as "/var" ? > > > > > > And how get rid of this menace and amed it? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Sisantha > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."
	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by KAYVEN RIESE :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message /home is often on its own partition with its own diskspace allocated. Sometimes this is a link to /usr/home On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Patsy wrote: > how much of the space in "/" is taken up by the "/home" > directory? (the "du" command should be able to help with > this). It's quite common to create a seperate /home partition > to avoid ordinary users being able to fill up the "/" > partition. > > Patsy > > On 23 September 2009 at 15:55 Sisantha Godawela-Ohle > <ekerberos@...> wrote: > >> Hello FreeBSD Gurus, >> >> i am using FreeBSD for a quite few years and now getting >> problems with installation of applications as the "/" >> partition gets FULL! >> Installations are like in this manner:- >> " / (5GB) >> swap (4GB) >> /var (moer than 20GB) >> /tmp ( 1GB) >> /usr" (moer than 20GB) >> Now mz qestion is, why is it the "/ " Partion gets always >> filled with all stuff although there is plenty of space in >> "/usr" >> partion as well as "/var" ? >> >> And how get rid of this menace and amed it? >> >> Regards, >> >> Sisantha >> >> >>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>> Von: <freebsd-chat-request@...> >>> Gesendet: 23.09.09 14:00:56 >>> An: freebsd-chat@... >>> Betreff: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 >> >> >>> Send freebsd-chat mailing list submissions to >>> freebsd-chat@... >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' >>> to >>> freebsd-chat-request@... >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> freebsd-chat-owner@... >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more >>> specific >>> than "Re: Contents of freebsd-chat digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Re: tmux(1) in base (Nick Hibma) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------- >>> ------------ >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:40:39 +0200 >>> From: Nick Hibma <nick@...> >>> Subject: Re: tmux(1) in base >>> To: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@...> >>> Cc: Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...>, Alfred Perlstein >>> <alfred@...> >>> Message-ID: >>> <C3ECE913-8D91-4BC2-85EE-6FF2EEAAD6F8@...> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; >>> delsp=yes >>> >>>> * Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...> [090922 14:47] >>>> wrote: >>>>> Nick Hibma <nick@...> writes: >>>>>> Our package system is a tremendous asset, and >>>>>> wholeheartedly agree >>>>>> with Doug on this. So my vote is now a -1. Not that >>>>>> anyone cares. >>>>> >>>>> Having seen how it turned out, I'd like to vote >>>>> -50,000,000 on this >>>>> whole discussion... >>>> >>>> Surely we're not done until someone suggests replacing >>>> /bin/sh >>>> with bash, amirite? >>> >>> In loader?! Yeah! Great idea. No need to load the base >>> system which >>> would save enormous amounts of bootup time. Everything >>> that is needed >>> could be loaded as a lib! >>> >>> And he scuttled off to create SillyFly BSD... >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> P.S.: I have never looked at DragonFly BSD, so I have no >>> idea >>> whatsoever what it is or does, apart from the fact that I >>> think that >>> it is a BSD like OS ... It runs on a >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-chat@... mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." >>> >>> End of freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 >>> ******************************************** >>> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> ____ >> Neu: WEB.DE Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + >> Telefon-Flatrate >> für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://produkte.web.de/go/02/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-chat@... mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@... mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." > ---------------------------------------------------------- Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org ---------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."
	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by Dag-Erling Smørgrav :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@...> writes: > /home is often on its own partition with its own diskspace > allocated. Sometimes this is a link to /usr/home Can you please move this discussion to -questions, where it belongs? DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@... _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."

	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by Sisantha Godawela-Ohle :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Hello FreeBSD Gurus, i am using FreeBSD for a quite few years and now getting problems with installation of applications as the "/" partition gets FULL! Installations are like in this manner:- " / (5GB) swap (4GB) /var (moer than 20GB) /tmp ( 1GB) /usr" (moer than 20GB) Now mz qestion is, why is it the "/ " Partion gets always filled with all stuff although there is plenty of space in "/usr" partion as well as "/var" ? And how get rid of this menace and amed it? Regards, Sisantha > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: <freebsd-chat-request@...> > Gesendet: 23.09.09 14:00:56 > An: freebsd-chat@... > Betreff: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > Send freebsd-chat mailing list submissions to > freebsd-chat@... > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-chat-request@... > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-chat-owner@... > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-chat digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: tmux(1) in base (Nick Hibma) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:40:39 +0200 > From: Nick Hibma <nick@...> > Subject: Re: tmux(1) in base > To: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@...> > Cc: Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...>, Alfred Perlstein > <alfred@...> > Message-ID: <C3ECE913-8D91-4BC2-85EE-6FF2EEAAD6F8@...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > > * Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...> [090922 14:47] wrote: > >> Nick Hibma <nick@...> writes: > >>> Our package system is a tremendous asset, and wholeheartedly agree > >>> with Doug on this. So my vote is now a -1. Not that anyone cares. > >> > >> Having seen how it turned out, I'd like to vote -50,000,000 on this > >> whole discussion... > > > > Surely we're not done until someone suggests replacing /bin/sh > > with bash, amirite? > > In loader?! Yeah! Great idea. No need to load the base system which > would save enormous amounts of bootup time. Everything that is needed > could be loaded as a lib! > > And he scuttled off to create SillyFly BSD... > > Nick > > P.S.: I have never looked at DragonFly BSD, so I have no idea > whatsoever what it is or does, apart from the fact that I think that > it is a BSD like OS ... It runs on a > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@... mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." > > End of freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > ******************************************** > ________________________________________________________________ Neu: WEB.DE Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + Telefon-Flatrate für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://produkte.web.de/go/02/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."
	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by Patsy-5 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message how much of the space in "/" is taken up by the "/home" directory? (the "du" command should be able to help with this). It's quite common to create a seperate /home partition to avoid ordinary users being able to fill up the "/" partition. Patsy On 23 September 2009 at 15:55 Sisantha Godawela-Ohle <ekerberos@...> wrote: > Hello FreeBSD Gurus, > > i am using FreeBSD for a quite few years and now getting > problems with installation of applications as the "/" > partition gets FULL! > Installations are like in this manner:- > " / (5GB) > swap (4GB) > /var (moer than 20GB) > /tmp ( 1GB) > /usr" (moer than 20GB) > Now mz qestion is, why is it the "/ " Partion gets always >filled with all stuff although there is plenty of space in >"/usr" > partion as well as "/var" ? > > And how get rid of this menace and amed it? > > Regards, > > Sisantha > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: <freebsd-chat-request@...> > > Gesendet: 23.09.09 14:00:56 > > An: freebsd-chat@... > > Betreff: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > > > > Send freebsd-chat mailing list submissions to > > freebsd-chat@... > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' > > to > > freebsd-chat-request@... > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > freebsd-chat-owner@... > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > > specific > > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-chat digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: tmux(1) in base (Nick Hibma) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------ > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:40:39 +0200 > > From: Nick Hibma <nick@...> > > Subject: Re: tmux(1) in base > > To: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@...> > > Cc: Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...>, Alfred Perlstein > > <alfred@...> > > Message-ID: > > <C3ECE913-8D91-4BC2-85EE-6FF2EEAAD6F8@...> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; > > delsp=yes > > > > > * Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...> [090922 14:47] > > > wrote: > > >> Nick Hibma <nick@...> writes: > > >>> Our package system is a tremendous asset, and > > >>> wholeheartedly agree > > >>> with Doug on this. So my vote is now a -1. Not that > > >>> anyone cares. > > >> > > >> Having seen how it turned out, I'd like to vote > > >> -50,000,000 on this > > >> whole discussion... > > > > > > Surely we're not done until someone suggests replacing > > > /bin/sh > > > with bash, amirite? > > > > In loader?! Yeah! Great idea. No need to load the base > > system which > > would save enormous amounts of bootup time. Everything > > that is needed > > could be loaded as a lib! > > > > And he scuttled off to create SillyFly BSD... > > > > Nick > > > > P.S.: I have never looked at DragonFly BSD, so I have no > > idea > > whatsoever what it is or does, apart from the fact that I > > think that > > it is a BSD like OS ... It runs on a > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-chat@... mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." > > > > End of freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > > ******************************************** > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > ____ > Neu: WEB.DE Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + > Telefon-Flatrate > für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://produkte.web.de/go/02/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@... mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."
	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by Kevin Wilcox-3 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message 2009/9/23 Patsy <patsy@...>: > how much of the space in "/" is taken up by the "/home" > directory? (the "du" command should be able to help with > this). It's quite common to create a seperate /home partition > to avoid ordinary users being able to fill up the "/" > partition. Indeed. I'm also particularly curious as to what method is being used for software installation, i.e., FreeBSD packages, the ports system or manual compile from source? kmw -- Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labour and live on. -- Thomas Jefferson, 1785 _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."
	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by Patsy-5 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message > i did "du" but i can't get it how much the /home partion > gets ! I'm uning many FreeBSD, OpenBSD servers(19"-1U) at > the moment without any other users namely myself & as root. "du -sh /*" will tell you which directories in "/" are taking up the most space. Then you can look into those directories to find out where the files are. > Do i need to make "/" partn read only in order to avoid get > filling it or is there any other correct solution for it? I wouldn't make it read-only: something needs to write the data there and it will sulk if it can't. What are the servers being used for? Patsy > here is from two of my server infos for your info: > FreeBSD V 7.2 (New Installation with less HD capacity) > > $ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ipsd0s1a 496M 388M 68M 85% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > /dev/ipsd0s1e 989M 54M 856M 6% /tmp > /dev/ipsd0s1f 16G 6.7G 8.2G 45% /usr > /dev/ipsd0s1d 11G 545M 9.9G 5% /var > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% > /var/named/dev > > > another server with same file system OpenBSD! has the same > Problem! (i think it does not matter whether Open or > Free-BSD here) > OpenBSD V. 4.5 > $ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/sd0a 4.9G 4.7G 8.0K 100% / > /dev/sd0e 1008M 10.0K 958M 0% /tmp > /dev/sd0f 31.7G 9.8G 20.3G 33% /usr > /dev/sd0d 23.6G 266M 22.2G 1% /var > > I went through a lot of Docs, but no successful answers. > > rgds, > > sisantha > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: "Patsy" <patsy@...> > > Gesendet: 23.09.09 16:56:52 > > An: Sisantha Godawela-Ohle <ekerberos@...> > > CC: freebsd-chat@... > > Betreff: Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > > > > how much of the space in "/" is taken up by the "/home" > > directory? (the "du" command should be able to help with > > this). It's quite common to create a seperate /home > > partition > > to avoid ordinary users being able to fill up the "/" > > partition. > > > > Patsy > > > > On 23 September 2009 at 15:55 Sisantha Godawela-Ohle > > <ekerberos@...> wrote: > > > > > Hello FreeBSD Gurus, > > > > > > i am using FreeBSD for a quite few years and now getting > > > problems with installation of applications as the "/" > > > partition gets FULL! > > > Installations are like in this manner:- > > > " / (5GB) > > > swap (4GB) > > > /var (moer than 20GB) > > > /tmp ( 1GB) > > > /usr" (moer than 20GB) > > > Now mz qestion is, why is it the "/ " Partion gets > > >always > > >filled with all stuff although there is plenty of space > > >in > > >"/usr" > > > partion as well as "/var" ? > > > > > > And how get rid of this menace and amed it? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Sisantha > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."
	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by KAYVEN RIESE :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message /home is often on its own partition with its own diskspace allocated. Sometimes this is a link to /usr/home On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Patsy wrote: > how much of the space in "/" is taken up by the "/home" > directory? (the "du" command should be able to help with > this). It's quite common to create a seperate /home partition > to avoid ordinary users being able to fill up the "/" > partition. > > Patsy > > On 23 September 2009 at 15:55 Sisantha Godawela-Ohle > <ekerberos@...> wrote: > >> Hello FreeBSD Gurus, >> >> i am using FreeBSD for a quite few years and now getting >> problems with installation of applications as the "/" >> partition gets FULL! >> Installations are like in this manner:- >> " / (5GB) >> swap (4GB) >> /var (moer than 20GB) >> /tmp ( 1GB) >> /usr" (moer than 20GB) >> Now mz qestion is, why is it the "/ " Partion gets always >> filled with all stuff although there is plenty of space in >> "/usr" >> partion as well as "/var" ? >> >> And how get rid of this menace and amed it? >> >> Regards, >> >> Sisantha >> >> >>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>> Von: <freebsd-chat-request@...> >>> Gesendet: 23.09.09 14:00:56 >>> An: freebsd-chat@... >>> Betreff: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 >> >> >>> Send freebsd-chat mailing list submissions to >>> freebsd-chat@... >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' >>> to >>> freebsd-chat-request@... >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> freebsd-chat-owner@... >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more >>> specific >>> than "Re: Contents of freebsd-chat digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Re: tmux(1) in base (Nick Hibma) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------- >>> ------------ >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:40:39 +0200 >>> From: Nick Hibma <nick@...> >>> Subject: Re: tmux(1) in base >>> To: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@...> >>> Cc: Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...>, Alfred Perlstein >>> <alfred@...> >>> Message-ID: >>> <C3ECE913-8D91-4BC2-85EE-6FF2EEAAD6F8@...> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; >>> delsp=yes >>> >>>> * Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@...> [090922 14:47] >>>> wrote: >>>>> Nick Hibma <nick@...> writes: >>>>>> Our package system is a tremendous asset, and >>>>>> wholeheartedly agree >>>>>> with Doug on this. So my vote is now a -1. Not that >>>>>> anyone cares. >>>>> >>>>> Having seen how it turned out, I'd like to vote >>>>> -50,000,000 on this >>>>> whole discussion... >>>> >>>> Surely we're not done until someone suggests replacing >>>> /bin/sh >>>> with bash, amirite? >>> >>> In loader?! Yeah! Great idea. No need to load the base >>> system which >>> would save enormous amounts of bootup time. Everything >>> that is needed >>> could be loaded as a lib! >>> >>> And he scuttled off to create SillyFly BSD... >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> P.S.: I have never looked at DragonFly BSD, so I have no >>> idea >>> whatsoever what it is or does, apart from the fact that I >>> think that >>> it is a BSD like OS ... It runs on a >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-chat@... mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." >>> >>> End of freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 >>> ******************************************** >>> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> ____ >> Neu: WEB.DE Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + >> Telefon-Flatrate >> für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://produkte.web.de/go/02/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-chat@... mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@... mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..." > ---------------------------------------------------------- Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org ---------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."
	Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 by Dag-Erling Smørgrav :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@...> writes: > /home is often on its own partition with its own diskspace > allocated. Sometimes this is a link to /usr/home Can you please move this discussion to -questions, where it belongs? DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@... _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@..."